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This THP is about 20 miles SE of Mt. Shasta, CA and about 8 miles NE of Lakehead, CA and Shasta Lake at an elevation of 2,000 to 3,500 feet. Sierra Pacific Industries is planning a clearcut tractor and cable logging operation on steep and unstable sloes in Douglas fir, white fir, ponderosa pine, sugar pine and incense cedar forests. There are 2 unstable areas in section 5 including a small rotational slide 25' by 25' inside unit 5B, and a 75' by 75' unstable area 75' downhill from new road construction. The THP area is a single section (section 5) of private lands surrounded by the West Girard Roadless Area. SPI wants to construct 300 feet of steep new road with a grade exceeding 20% just west of unit 5F, and 2 segments of roads in unit 5B with steep side slopes exceeding 65%. 5 sensitive plant species were found including; Shasta Lake maidenhair fern throughout the THP area, Mt Shasta snakeroot in a rocky outcrop in unit 5 B, Blushing wild buckwheat in units 5C and 5 D, Cantelow's lewisia on several rock outcroppings in unit 5C, and Siskiyou lewisia was found between 2 proposed roads.
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